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Bilobalide

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Bilobalide
Clinical data


Routes of administration	By mouth
Legal status
Legal status	In general: legal
Identifiers
IUPAC name (5aR-(3aS,5aα,8b,8aS,9a,10aα))-9-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-10,10a-dihydro-8,9-dihydroxy-4H,5aH,9H-furo[2,3-b]furo[3',2':2,3]cyclopenta[1,2-c]furan-2,4,7(3H,8H)-trione
CAS Number	33570-04-6^Y
PubChem CID	73581
IUPHAR/BPS	2366
ChemSpider	21106418^Y
UNII	M81D2O8H7U
ChEBI	CHEBI:3103
ChEMBL	ChEMBL133266^N
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)	DTXSID10873207
ECHA InfoCard	100.125.716
Chemical and physical data
Formula	C₁₅H₁₈O₈
Molar mass	326.301 g·mol⁻¹
3D model (JSmol)	Interactive image
SMILES CC(C)(C)[C@@]1(C[C@H]2[C@@]3([C@]14[C@H](C(=O)O[C@H]4OC3=O)O)CC(=O)O2)O
InChI InChI=1S/C15H18O8/c1-12(2,3)14(20)4-6-13(5-7(16)21-6)10(19)23-11-15(13,14)8(17)9(18)22-11/h6,8,11,17,20H,4-5H2,1-3H3/t6-,8-,11-,13-,14+,15?/m0/s1^Y Key:MOLPUWBMSBJXER-ISSLQHLCSA-N^Y
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Bilobalide is a biologically active terpenic trilactone present in Ginkgo biloba.^[1]

Chemistry[edit]

Bilobalide is a main constituent of the terpenoids found in Ginkgo leaves. It also exists in minor amounts in the roots. It is a sesquiterpenoid, i.e. it has a 15-carbon skeleton. Its exact synthesis pathway from farnesyl pyrophosphate is still unknown.

Biosynthesis[edit]

Bilobalide and ginkgolide have similar biosynthetic pathways. Bilobalide is formed by partially degraded ginkgolide. Bilobalide is derived from geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate (GGPP), which is formed by addition of farnesyl pyrophosphate (FPP) to an isopentenyl pyrophosphate (IPP) unit to form a C₁₅ sesquiterpene. Such formation went through the mevalonate pathway (MVA) and methylerythritol phosphate MEP pathway. In order to generate bilobalide, C₂₀ ginkgolide 13 must form first. To transform from GGPP to abietenyl cation 5, a single bifunctional enzyme abietadiene synthase E1 is required. However, due to the complexity of ginkgolide structures for rearrangement, ring cleavage, and formation of lactone rings, diterpene 8 is used to explain instead. Levopimaradiene 6 and abietatriene 7 are precursors for ginkgolide and bilobalide formation. The unusual tert-butyl substituent is formed from A ring cleavage in 9. Bilobalide 13 then formed in loss of carbons through degradation from ginkgolide 12, and lactones are formed from residual carboxyl and alcohol functions. The end product of bilobalide contains sesquiterpenes and three lactones units.^[2]

Pharmacology[edit]

Bilobalide is important for producing several of the effects of Ginkgo biloba extracts, and it has neuroprotective effects,^[3]^[4] as well as inducing the liver enzymes CYP3A1 and CYP1A2,^[5] which may be partially responsible for interactions between ginkgo and other herbal medicines or pharmaceutical drugs. Bilobalide has recently been found to be a negative allosteric modulator at the GABA_A and GABA_A-rho receptors.^[6] Of GABA_A, it may possibly be selective for the subunits predominantly implicated in cognitive and memory functioning such as α1^{[citation needed]}.

References[edit]

^ van Beek TA, Montoro P (March 2009). "Chemical analysis and quality control of Ginkgo biloba leaves, extracts, and phytopharmaceuticals". Journal of Chromatography A. 1216 (11): 2002–2032. doi:10.1016/j.chroma.2009.01.013. PMID 19195661.

^ Dewick PM (2009). Medicinal Natural Products: Products: A Biosynthetic Approach (Third ed.). West Sussex, England: Wiley&Sons. pp. 230–232. ISBN 978-0-470-74168-9.

^ Defeudis FV (December 2002). "Bilobalide and neuroprotection". Pharmacological Research. 46 (6): 565–568. doi:10.1016/S1043-6618(02)00233-5. PMID 12457632.

^ Kiewert C, Kumar V, Hildmann O, Hartmann J, Hillert M, Klein J (March 2008). "Role of glycine receptors and glycine release for the neuroprotective activity of bilobalide". Brain Research. 1201: 143–150. doi:10.1016/j.brainres.2008.01.052. PMID 18325484. S2CID 5191088.

^ Deng Y, Bi HC, Zhao LZ, He F, Liu YQ, Yu JJ, et al. (May 2008). "Induction of cytochrome P450s by terpene trilactones and flavonoids of the Ginkgo biloba extract EGb 761 in rats". Xenobiotica; the Fate of Foreign Compounds in Biological Systems. 38 (5): 465–481. doi:10.1080/00498250701883233. PMID 18421621. S2CID 84019088.